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Top Gun (1986)

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Reviews Counted:59

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Rotten:45

Average Rating:2.4/10

Runtime: 18 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Maverick (Tom Cruise) is a reckless F-14 pilot who flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules. While attending the Navy's elite air combat training academy, affectionately known as "Top Gun,"... Maverick (Tom Cruise) is a reckless F-14 pilot who flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules. While attending the Navy's elite air combat training academy, affectionately known as "Top Gun," Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) and competes with crackerjack pilot Ice (Val Kilmer) for top honors. He is the quintessential rebel, upsetting senior officers with his antics and risk-taking while simultaneously amazing them with his skill. In the end, Maverick overcomes a tragic loss and his need to stand out in the crowd and proves that he can shine as part of a team. Anthony Edwards stars as Maverick's best friend and co-pilot, Goose, and Meg Ryan first garnered attention as Goose's wife, Carole. Superb state-of-the-art aerial photography makes TOP GUN, directed by Tony Scott, one of the most exciting and entertaining films of its genre. This top grossing movie of 1986 is allegedly based on a Navy fighter pilot program at the Miramar Naval Base in San Diego, California, and was filmed on location at the base. [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Tom Skerritt, Whip Hubley, Michael Ironside, Rick Rossovich, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, James Tolkan, Adrian Pasdar, Clarence Gilyard

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer

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The dogfights and aerial footage are fun, but a person might best forget the love story and melodrama. (Blu-ray Edition)

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The tale of [a] hotshot flyboy ... is pure cinematic fluff, a cheesy music video crossed with a jingoistic military recruitment film. And it's also a whole lot of fun.

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a crucial Hollywood film, one that achieves its status through the simple fact that so many others want to be it, but can't

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